Repine vs Murmur - What's the difference?
repine | murmur | Related terms |
*, II.3.6:
* Alexander Pope
* 1958 , John W. Peterson, Night of Miracles :
* 1988 , (Anthony Burgess), Any Old Iron :
To fail; to wane.
* Spenser
(countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) , chapter V:
* 1960 , , (Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XI:
(medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent
* 1919 , :
* 1960 , , (Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XX:
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:
(label) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
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, chapter=7, title= (label) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.
* (William Shakespeare), 1 , II. 3.51
Repine is a related term of murmur.
As verbs the difference between repine and murmur
is that repine is while murmur is .As a noun murmur is
(countable) low or indistinct sounds or speech.repine
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en-verb)- But many times we complain, repine , and mutter without a cause, we give way to passions we may resist and will not.
- What if the head, the eye, or ear repined / To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
- no more need men on earth repine
- Beatrix invited me no more to tea but I did not greatly repine .
- Repining courage yields no foot to foe.
References
* “†re?pine, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd ed., 1989 * “
repine, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989 * “
repine, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009 * “
repine, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009
murmur
English
Noun
(en noun)- In the prison of the 'tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs . The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to "prevent the prisoners from making a noise," but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting--eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged--he did not disturb them.
- A murmur arose from the audience.
- The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur , but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.
- In fear of disease and in the interest of his health man will be muzzled and masked like a vicious dog, and that without any murmur of complaint.
- Glossop will return from his afternoon off to find the awful majesty of the Law waiting for him, complete with handcuffs. We can hardly expect him to accept an exemplary sentence without a murmur , so his first move will be to establish his innocence by revealing all.
Verb
(en verb)- The iewes murmured att itt, because he sayde: I am thatt breed which is come doune from heven.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=“Oh yes,” he murmured in a tone of obligatory surprise, as he proceeded to make the kind of 2 which he attributed to Margaret's style of chirography.}}
- Iheard thee murmur tales of iron wars.